Fair Play

We started our discussion about fair play by watching Lex's video. The students were really engaged and enjoyed learning about the rules for long jump. They also thought it was interesting Lex has to wear a blindfold. After watching the video we had a short discussion about what fair play means to them. They said fair play means not cheating, following the rules, and being a good sport (win or lose).

I wanted to challenge the students to think about situations they might encounter on the playground, so I provided the following situation: "You are playing kickball and someone kicks it really far. They run around all the bases and run to home. As they are running home your team throws the ball to home plate. There is a close play at home plate and an argument develops: your team thinks the kicker is out, but her team thinks the kicker was safe. How can you solve this problem?" One solution that is popular at our school is using rock, paper, scissors to determine the winner. This is a conflict resolution strategy taught to all students at our school from the Playworks Program. It's a really effective and simple strategy! The students agreed that solving the problem this way would be the best solution, so they could focus on playing more kickball!

We finished our lesson with a two part activity. Part one was creating a skit to show how students can play fair. Each student wrote their own skit (which allowed everyone the chance to think about how they can play fair. In their skits student showed how to resolve conflicts, how to go to an adult for help, and how to encourage others to play fair. After writing the skits, students drew a picture that showed someone playing fair.

Standard:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.